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“I said I’m fine, Emily, honestly, I’m not used to having a female dote over me; I can do this myself.” He leaned forward, looked at his thigh, and scowled. His violet eyes flickered up to hers, then over to the knife lying by the door. “Will you please grab that dagger off the floor?”

That odd request had her pulse kicking up a notch. She did a hands and knees crawl over to the knife and handed him the crimson-coated blade.